Global Patent Index - EP 0985206 A1

EP 0985206 A1 20000315 - ACOUSTIC TOUCH SENSOR

Title (en)

ACOUSTIC TOUCH SENSOR

Title (de)

AKUSTISCHER BERÜHRUNGSSENSOR

Title (fr)

CAPTEUR TACTILE ACOUSTIQUE

Publication

EP 0985206 A1 20000315 (EN)

Application

EP 97934256 A 19970722

Priority

  • US 9712778 W 19970722
  • US 2378796 P 19960812

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9807127A1] A touch sensor (3) comprising an acoustic wave transmissive medium having a surface; a plurality of acoustic wave path forming systems, each generating a set of incrementally varying paths through the transmission medium; and a receiver for receiving signals representing the sets of waves, a portion of each set overlapping temporally or physically by propagating in the transmissive medium along axes which are not orthogonal.

IPC 1-7

G08C 21/00; G09G 3/02; G06K 11/14

IPC 8 full level

G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G08C 21/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

G06F 3/0436 (2013.01 - EP); G08C 21/00 (2013.01 - KR)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9807127 A1 19980219; AU 3736097 A 19980306; AU 723301 B2 20000824; CA 2257301 A1 19980219; CA 2257301 C 20021224; CN 100340957 C 20071003; CN 101324825 A 20081217; CN 101324825 B 20120530; CN 1228182 A 19990908; EP 0985206 A1 20000315; EP 0985206 A4 20000315; EP 0985206 B1 20120314; EP 2343693 A2 20110713; EP 2343693 A3 20120912; HK 1021430 A1 20000609; JP 2000506655 A 20000530; JP 3300856 B2 20020708; KR 100294142 B1 20010615; KR 20000029978 A 20000525

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9712778 W 19970722; AU 3736097 A 19970722; CA 2257301 A 19970722; CN 200710154765 A 19970722; CN 97197290 A 19970722; EP 10012655 A 19970722; EP 97934256 A 19970722; HK 00100222 A 20000114; JP 50972598 A 19970722; KR 19997001231 A 19990212